[lace] starting a scroll
Robin All the bobbin part laces that have scrolls as part of their stock of motifs work them in different ways. Not wildly different ways. Honiton, Duchess, Withof, Bruges Bloomwork -- all different. And too diffcult to explain in an email. The answer would be like writing a small book. What kind of edge stitch is used, how do you get around the curve of the scroll head, how many and where do you add extra pairs and remove them, how complex does the cloth weaving get, all those sorts of issues. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Starting a Scroll
pene piip wrote: Please can anyone direct me to a book that shows how to start a scroll. Pat Read has instructions in her first book on Milanese Lace (can't remember the exact title but some Arachnean can, I'm sure). Do different bobbin lace types use different methods of making scrolls? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Swedish lace and Princess
Congratulations to Sweden on the safe arrival of a Princess. Nice to hear some good news for a change! I see you mention Vadstena.. Look at the latest photos of Lace at the Lace IOLI site that Lorelei mentioned and there are some photos of a book on the lace, and the lace made from the prickings shown. Regards from Liz in Hot humid Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] Starting a Scroll
Hi Pen, Try " Milanese Lace An Introduction" by Patricia Read and Lucy Kinkaid there is a very good section on starting and finishing scrolls in that on Page 20 I found this book indispensable when learning Milanese. ISBN 07134 5707 4 Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] patterns for children, new lace photos & scrolls
Hello All! Sorry to say, I couldn't find the children's patterns at the main Google page. Since I'm technologically challenged, is there an expert who would make a tiny url?? Thanks Lorelei for the other links to various lace works. The tatted skunk is a hoot. The little caterpillar is adorable as well & would look great on a crazy patch. Perhaps I should excavate my tatting shuttle? For Pene's scroll issue--and I have no clue whether this would help, just remember seeing it--Pat Read has a scroll in her Intro to Milanese published by Lace Guild UK. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens FL USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] starting a scroll
Pene There is a book by Rombach-de-Kievid BRUGS BLOEMWERK, 1984, Terra Zutphen pages 11-12, which also has the Bruges scroll. But it is in Dutch, which I can't read. I have to rely on the diagrams and the Sutton book is about the same. Are you getting holes at the pin, or in the middle of the scroll? Sometimes you need to add an extra pair near the scroll head, which you then cut off when you reach the long parallel stem of the scroll. And you may have to add a pair again when you approach the scroll end. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] children's lace
Hi Lorelei, Thank you. A number of very useful ideas and possibilities here for anyone teaching young people. It is quite easy and useful to use their own drawings as well as keeping the youngsters (and also older beginner-students) fully engaged. Happy lace making, Joepie Recently someone was asking about patterns for children. I came across these today. They might give you ideas. https://plus.google.com/photos/114087290818766655562/albums/55495529506171349 93/5712366275317622130?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1#photos/114087290818766655562/al bums/5549552950617134993/5712366275317622130 Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Subject: Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief
Dear Arachnids I have not looked at the pictures of the 'handkerchiefs' but Joan Tyler-Smith showed me some square handkerchief-like items with circular centres and wide lace edgings, many of them silk, and she explained they were made to cover the face of someone who had died. Does anyone know more about this tradition? Happy lacemaking Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] children's lace
THanks Lorelei, What charming patterns! I ended up looking through the whole gallery. There are some neat BL pieces done from children's drawings - really cool! And lots ofother simple patterns. Fun! Jane in Vermont, USA where we have no snow on the ground! Life is so much easier without huge piles of snow everywhere. jvik...@sover.net > Recently someone was asking about patterns for children. I came across > these > today. They might give you ideas. > https://plus.google.com/photos/114087290818766655562/albums/5549552950617134993/5712366275317622130?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1#photos/114087290818766655562/albums/5549552950617134993/5712366275317622130 > > Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Starting a Scroll
Sorry for not provide more detail. I wanted to make another Easter Egg from Annelies Kirst's 2nd book. It's one of the patterns with a butterfly labeled "Duchesse-Ei" on page 18. I've enlarged it a bit & I want to work it in coloured thread. She provides a diagram for the pivot turn on the bottom wings, & the order of how to work the wings. But I just don't like the holes at the beginning of the scrolls. I haven't worked a scroll before, so I'm looking for a better way to work them. I have Edna Sutton's "Bruges Flower Lace" which shows how to start & end a simple scroll. Thanks for everybody's help, Pene On 2/25/2012 4:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: > Pene, have you joined http://laceioli.ning.com/ yet? We started this > about a month ago. It has superior picture and Youtube capacity. This > would be a good question for the Duchesse group. > Wouldn't it be great if someone would do a scroll and post a Youtube > of it. > Devon > In a message dated 2/25/2012 8:56:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > p...@eggo.org writes: > > Please can anyone direct me to a book that shows how to start a > scroll. > I've found 2 methods in Bridget Cook's "Practical Skills" & another > different > way in Ulrike Löhr's "400 Tricks" & I'm going to dig up a Duchesse > book. > But I just wonder if someone's recently worked a scroll & can help > to me. > Thanks, > Pene > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Quintin Matsys painting of girl with lace pillow
I was reading the book "Point and Pillow Lace" by Mary Sharp (printed in 1905) and she mentions a painting by Quintin Matsys (1466-1529) of a girl with a lace pillow as proof that bobbin lace existed in Belgium as early as the end of the 15th c. I searched the internet and could not find this picture. Have any of you seen it? Rebecca - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Starting a Scroll
Please can anyone direct me to a book that shows how to start a scroll. I've found 2 methods in Bridget Cook's "Practical Skills" & another different way in Ulrike Löhr's "400 Tricks" & I'm going to dig up a Duchesse book. But I just wonder if someone's recently worked a scroll & can help to me. Thanks, Pene - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Removing fold lines from a handkerchief
>In fact, I am now wondering >if they are not handkerchiefs...If not handkerchiefs, could they be challice veils? Often mistaken for handkerchiefs, they are used in the Catholic church to cover the communion cup. Typically they have a rounded centre, rather than square, of very fine material with quite deep lace edging. I suppose they would also have to be washable - the wine would be bound to spill sometimes!Bridget, in Pinner - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
